Archive for October, 2012

Cycling legends

Source: The Associated Press

French cyclist Robert Marchand has ridden 100 kilometres in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds.Doesn’t sound fast? Consider this: Marchand is 100-years-old! Setting off on his Trek racing bike around noon at a track in Lyon, Marchand covered the distance at an average pace of 23.3 kph — not far off the 24.25 kph pace he kept up to set the world hour record for his age group in Switzerland last February.

Travel USA

By: Zdenko Kahlina

SF In One DayLast summer I took the opportunity to visit San Francisco, since I found myself in Calaveras County, just east of the Bay area, where I was visiting our daughter and her boyfriend James in Murphys (read about this visit here). I was traveling with my wife and her cousins, guests from Croatia, so we wanted to give girls a quick tour of San Francisco.

Edmonton cycling

Source: Cyclingnews.com

Tour of Alberta to debut in 2013 – Major professional cycling race is headed to AlbertaAs the popularity of professional cycling in Canada hits new highs thanks to the performance of racer Ryder Hesjedal, a new multi-day pro stage race is heading to Alberta.

Top rides

Cycling routes in CroatiaTuscany gets a lot of press and attention as a cycling paradise, and rightly so. It has a special something that makes people go back year after year. But it’s hardly off the beaten track. There’s another cycling haven that you should know about – one that the masses haven’t found yet. It’s the small country of Croatia. Read on!

Edmonton cycling

Source: Edmonton Journal, By Gordon Kent

$8.5M for velodrome design recommended by city committeeEdmonton could become the first Canadian city with an international-caliber indoor velodrome, after a council committee recommended spending $8.5 million to design the project.

World traveling

Source: Skyscrapercity.comImages hosted on flickr

Just my cup of tea – é minha praia! With more beaches than you can shake your bikini at, we enrolled some expert help to cherry pick Brazil’s best, for golden sands, azure seas and that extra wow factor…